Common Musculoskeletal abnormalities

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• Arthritis: Inflammation of the joint. Implies presence of warmth, swelling, heat, tenderness and erythema.
• Fracture and dislocation can occur with any bone or joint
• Splinting and casting
• Shoulder
  • Rotator cuff tear
  • Calcific tendonitis
  • Bursitis
  • Dislocation
  • Arthritis
• Elbow
  • Tennis elbow/ Golf elbow/ Epicondylitis
  • Olecrenon bursitis
  • Pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures
  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid nodule: A subcutaneous or subperiosteal nodule found on the extensor surface of forearm and elbow.
• Wrist
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • DeQuevains Tenosynovitis
  • Wrist ganglions: Cystic enlargement arising from joint capsules and tendon sheaths.
  • Colles fracture
  • Arthritis
• Interphalangeal joints
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Swan neck deformity
    • Boutonniere deformity: A characteristic deformity found in rheumatoid arthritis, which includes a flexion contracture of the proximal phalangeal joint associated with hyperextension of the distal interphalangeal joint.
    • Ulnar deviation: Fingers drift inward at the MCP joints
    • Synovial thickening: Palpable thickening of synovial membrane.
  • Dupuytren's contracture
  • Osteoarthritis
    • Bouchard's nodes: Bony enlargement of the proximal interphlangeal joints.
    • Heberden's nodes: Bony enlargement of the distal interphalangeal joints.
  • Gout
    • Tophi: A collection of monosodium urate crystals, palpable beneath the skin.
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Sclerodactyly
  • Tendon injuries
  • Boxers fracture
  • Fingertip injuries
• Hyper mobile joints (Ehler-Danlos Syndrome)